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Pi Day (3-14) OO Hike around Knowland Park: This may be the last chance to see it before it is privatized.

March 13, 2015 at 3:33 pm.

As early as next month the Oakland Zoo is going to start throwing up 8′ fences topped by 3′ of barbed wire around perhaps the most lovely park on the western flank of the East Bay hills and excluding the public from it forever unless you pay big bucks to visit the newly constructed paved roads, 50 structures, 15-car gondola, vistor center or high-end restaurant. So I’m leading a little hike Saturday, March 14th so we can see what we are about to lose unless we fight back. BACKGROUND Knowland … Continued

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November 1, 2013 at 6:49 pm.

Posted by Big Red Ed

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Wild Bill Bailout (Dave Lippman) concert at the BFUU Friday April 26th at 7PM

April 26, 2013 at 1:10 am.

Posted by Big Red Ed

Dave Lippman and his ego alter Wild Bill Bailout are singing Friday night April 26th at the Berkeley Fellowship Of Unitarian Universalists in Berkeley at 7 PM. Wild Bill, AKA George Shrub is the “Bard of the Bankers.” Check out some of his songs here. 1924 Cedar Street at Bonita, Berkeley, CA 48673

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Check out the “1968” Exhibit at the OMCA

November 3, 2012 at 4:57 pm.

Posted by Big Red Ed

The Oakland Museum extended its 1968 Exhibit through November 25. Tomorrow, Sunday, November 4th is the last time to see it during one of OMCA’s monthly free days, otherwise it is a prohibitive $12 (until a few years ago the Oakland Museum was always free for everyone all year long). 1968 was a pretty amazing time to be alive, I was 10 at the time. When I was a young child I almost dreaded growing up. The society seemed so conformist & macho in the early sixties, which very much … Continued

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Bring a dish to share #O25

October 23, 2012 at 11:53 am.

Posted by Big Red Ed

Just a reminder, we are having a potluck Thursday on the first anniversary of the destruction of the 1st camp. It will hopefully start at 4-5PM and continue until the food runs out or the cops chase us away. Please bring a dish to share with your comrades/cronies. I don’t think we have to worry about the pot part of the equation, but we could do with a bit more luck part. By the end of the Birthday Party all we had left were Ed’s wretched beans and ice water. … Continued

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About OccupyOakland.org

This website was created in the fall of 2011. Most of it is now moribund, but the Occupy Oakland Calendar, which lists activist events in the East Bay (and occasionally elsewhere) is still maintained, the Search facility works to find earlier posts and keep OO’s history alive, and articles are occasionally still posted to the front page.

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly met in-person weekly (with a rare skip) since October 10th, 2011 up until the pandemic, at which point we went to bi-weekly Zoom meetings. We do checkins, go over the activist events of the past meeting interval, and have general discussions on politics and revolution.

For many years, until the pandemic, we put on a Feed the People event monthly at Oscar Grant Plaza, where all were welcome to come and partake of a freshly cooked, savory meal, before our GA.

If you would like to participate while the pandemic is still amidst, send an email to occupyoakland-request@lists.riseup.net. Check the calendar or this text to see if we have resumed in-person meetings.